Melinda Airport

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Melinda Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesHope Creek, Belize
Elevation  AMSL 101 ft / 31 m
Coordinates 17°00′09″N88°18′05″W / 17.00250°N 88.30139°W / 17.00250; -88.30139 (Melinda Airport (Melinda)) Coordinates: 17°00′09″N88°18′05″W / 17.00250°N 88.30139°W / 17.00250; -88.30139 (Melinda Airport (Melinda))
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Location of Melinda Airport in Belize
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Direction LengthSurface
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09/264601,509Gravel
Source: HERE Maps [1] GCM [2]

Melinda Airport( IATA : MDB, ICAO : MZML) is an airstrip just east of Hope Creek, a village in the Stann Creek District of Belize. The gravel runway is on the south edge of the Melinda Forest Reserve, [3] and just off the Hummingbird Highway.

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Stann Creek District District in Belize

Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people. Its capital is the city of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stanns," or safe havens used by colonialists coming from the "old world" to the "new world."

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The Belize VOR-DME (Ident: BZE) is located 32.2 nautical miles (60 km) north of the runway. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Melinda Airport". HERE Maps. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Airport information for Melinda Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ "Melinda Forest Reserve". HERE Maps. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Belize VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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